911 system upgrade gets slashed from BBB bill
First responders around the country fear 911 system will fall into chaos after Congress slashed a digital upgrade for 6,000 call centers in their spending bill A digital upgrade to the country's 911 system was slashed from President Joe Biden's Build Back Better reconciliation bill Axios reported Wednesday that a proposed $10 billion upgrade to the country's 6,000 call centers was stripped from the bill for just $570 million instead The money was supposed to go toward allowing Americans to send pictures, texts and video content to 911 operators
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A digital upgrade to the country's 911 system was slashed from President Joe Biden's Build Back Better reconciliation bill.
Axios reported Wednesday that a proposed $10 billion upgrade to the country's 6,000 call centers was stripped from the bill in order to bring the pricetag from the original $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion - a move meant to appease moderate Democratic senators.
The money was supposed to go toward allowing Americans to send pictures, texts and video content to 911 operators - and then for centers to seamlessly share that content with one another.
A $10 billion 911 upgrade that was originally found in the Build Back Better bill has been stripped
